Deontay Wilder vs Lennox Lewis

Lewis KO round 1!!! It’s not even close, Wilder starts off his fights by making a lot of mistakes, he even struggles to outbox some of his terrible opposition. Lewis is way too skilled and way too smart in the ring to let Wilder get away with anything he does wrong.

 

UNLESS that right hand lands flush....

 

From the results of the fight, it sure seems so.

 

I think the most interesting question would be “After Lewis KO’s Wilder what excuses would Wilder use?”

Lewis crushes him in two rounds tops. Push him back with a jab, smell blood and bring a right hand over and that’s all she wrote. Wilder has no defense and no chin.

 

Lewis makes Wilder look like the amateur he is, and he would know that going in like the Grant fight. He would know all he had to worry about is the right hand and he would knock him out in an embarrassing and highlight-reel way.

 

Lennox absolutely had a PULVERIZING right hand, probably above Tyson level.

But Deontay infringes on Shavers territory with his...….

 

Rocky II in real life!

 

I think it would be a reasonably close fight LL would have lost a fair bit being in his 50's now but still should have enough to KO Wilder in 4 or 5..

 

A more interesting question would be Rahman vs Wilder. I got Rahman by KO.

 

That's intriguing. I'm not sure, though. Rahman kind of lucked out against LL, while Wilder defended the WBC title 10 times. Seems to me Wilder (no matter how good the argument as far as opposition) was simply overall more accomplished and enduring.

I also just don't see Rahman not getting eventually hit by Deontay's right. And in my opinion Rahman would be comatose shortly after.

No offense to Rahman fans. He might have been an overall better fighter than Deontay in his prime, but he still caught flush punches a bit too much to not feel the Shavers-power of Deontay's right.